How to make a living by killing people and selling weapons.
It is the story of an Evil empire addicted to war and other people's resources and blood, and not willing to lose its obsession with creating conflicts, fighting it as if they are the good guys while plundering humans and society.
You do not need to guess who we are talking about; because you already know which country does this for a living, though you can ask a genuine question, “Why is it called an empire”; because of its all-encompassing military bases all around the world and ability to respond militarily to any nation within a very short period.
It has more than 750 bases all around the world, sometimes they would also lose count of how many they have.
It's estimated that the flag bearer of freedom has perpetuated 4.5 to 5 million deaths alone post-9/11 terrorist war; in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen; making one wonder who is the real terrorist.
they alone have participated in 81 coups around the world in their short history
If you think it is a necessary Evil or every great empire desires power and has projected it in the past; then you may also question your sanity.
Now look internally, The US is run by a set of Capitalist oligarchs — who control everything; its people are suffering from inequality, put food on the table, there is a homelessness crisis, and education and medical have become unaffordable. At the same time, they are being fed one of the worse-quality food
High number of people die in the US because of suicide and drug-related
From 2000 to 2020, more than 800,000 people died by suicide in the United
In 2022, 107,941 people in the United States died from drug overdoses.
But instead of helping its people and spending on people's welfare, food safety, home, schooling, and infrastructure; it Spend More on Defense than the Next 9 Countries Combined.
And why it should not do it, you do not get a shining city on the hill every day!!
Here is the cookbook To Kill Millions of People and Fight Infinite Wars.
Come up with a space big enough in between two seas, wipe out the local population; but do give them space in the nooks and corners and call them the indigenous population.
Create a printing press that can produce as much paper money as possible; call it Federal Reserve and make sure it does not come under government (but bankers can control it)
Control, manipulate, and Capture the government that holds Oil reserves, and tie your bogus paper (from the printing press) to actual energy resources, that have real value.
Come up with slogans like freedom, democracy, and “Shining City” and revise history and change the school curriculum to induce and ensure, the local population develops a sense of Exceptionalism and greatness.
Personify human greed and selfishness into a system, called Capitalism; in which Man only job is to get more resources and to get ahead of the other person; it's not supposed to care for the environment or community because the individual is the supreme; as it easy to control an individual.
Ensure every industry is controlled by a few oligarchs where the wealthy few move policy, while the average American has little power. Oligarchs have a free hand and milk the common man as much as they can but are required to pay back the empire in the form of legal bribes.
Control the narrative through Media House and newspapers where the empire is painted as the hero, saving the world while bad actors are trying to sabotage and snatch away people's freedom.
Break the bonding of family and community, emphasize individuals and their desires, sell them drugs and weapons, and keep them busy with materialistic ornaments and comforts and an unlimited supply of entertainment.
With a local population not getting enough education, it required importing educated immigrants who would not revolt and complain about the hijacked system but would be added to a constant supply of tax returns.
Create fear in the local population, for any emerging power, any leader who does not play within the boundary; first, create a bad reputation for it, portray it as an Evil menace, who is coming to destroy this cradle of civilization. Also in the meantime, it is okay to create fringe groups and show them as freedom fighters against the evil empire.
What is necessary to keep ahead when it comes to fighting, military equipment, ships, tanks, satellites, missiles, drones, modern techniques of espionage, cyber-attacks, monitoring equipment, and a constant supply of young souls who are willing to die for no reason but a reason to sell more weapons or topple a government and kill innocent civilians.
Make sure your ally's safety and security are also your responsibility; so you can make them fully dependent on your military capabilities, and manipulate them into participating in a conflict or justifying war, and when they need weapons you can show how advanced you are and generous sharing that military capability and technology.
Once a conflict is over and it is time to rebuild, get the contracts to the stream of the oligarchs loyal to you; so they can profit off and in return can put some millions back into the empire's pocket. Also, bring educated and rich people into the empire where you invaded so you can use that as leverage later, and they will help build your economy.
To maintain democracy, create a two-party dictatorship, so you can buy off the two candidates on both sides and have them dance to your tune, but to make people busy and interested in party politics give them something to chew every few days so they can show off how loyal they are.
Use religion when possible, an example is the Evangelical vote on this one verse “And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse,’” and the false Promise of Jesus returning when the land of Palestine becomes greater Israel.
Managing perception and image is also very important; an unlimited money supply solves this problem as it's tied to world energy resources and trade. It allows the empire to print as much as they want; and help donate in case of emergency around the world, helping poor countries with debt or groups which are struggling economically.
Another means of managing perception is to give the false idea that this world is run by law and order; by creating and funding organizations like the UN which has not done much to world peace but proved to be a tool to economically put debt on the sovereign nation and support corrupt governments; and ensuring money provided to these poor nations are not used in human development or industries which can generate revenue, but spend in infrastructure or services; so the country will rely on debt indefinitely.
Create think tanks and lobbies (AIPAC), to legalize bribery and a means for foreign actors to manipulate government policies and public perception for and against a target; and results in subduing people's free choice and consent being manufactured to the one who has a bigger pocket.
It would be fair to compare this Evil empire to the barbarism of the Mongols; or the looting of the British Empire, though both were not able to devise such sophisticated means to plunder societies; while maintaining their hegemony.
The problem faced by the empire
Everything has an end, and so will the empire cease to exist in its current shape and form; the oligarch, the elites controlling the strings and manipulating masses has to go one day; but the concern is they are so obsessed with holding on to power and other people resources; they will be willing to put the whole world into chaos and fire; to serve their position and lust.
With the rise of China and its push toward having dominance; especially in world trade and economic system, the American empire faced a threat to its hegemony. The nature of this selfish self-obsessed empire cannot stand any competition; so it needs to prepare an ally to put it in front of the enemy ( in this case it would be India); so it will find another avenue to sell weapons.
The long-run Gaza conflict has also opened a can of worms, and a lot of common people can notice the hypocrisy of this Evil empire; as the brainwashing wears people are finding it hard to fathom what they have been supporting all along.
With the rise of social media and the reduction in viewership of mainstream media, it's getting hard to tab into people's minds to continue on the rhetoric; through social media, it's possible to maintain echo chambers, but the mask throws off as people interact and find alternative news sources; which does not paint a rosy one side picture.
Question!!
A sincere and open question to all Americans is; how long we can continue to live in this manner of us vs them and in awe of American Exceptionalism.
Why your hard-earned money, be used to destroy someone else home, city, and family?
And why not be used to serve your fellow countrymen, and make its life more meaningful, secure, and healthy?
Is this the best humanity can offer to the world, why a person not born within certain boundaries be treated differently, why do we allow other countries' resources to be plundered?
Is it okay if this capitalist/nationalistic selfish and greedy mindset will continue to rule and make people suffer both internally and abroad? and If not then start speaking for what is right, reclaim your right to elect a president who is not a product of this ailing bloodthirsty empire, start taking care of the weak and less fortunate, and build communities.
You cannot continue to live in peace, while your tax money is used to kill children and innocent lives in some parts of the world, we need to stop living in fear and own what empire does to make a living and we cannot let it be a supplier of weapons and death to the whole world.
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